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Milindapañha

The questions of King Milinda

Mil 1–83 texts
  1. Mil 11. Description of Sāgala
  2. Mil 22. Their Previous History
  3. Mil 88. Conclusion
Chapter 387 texts
  1. Mil 3.1.13.1.1. Individuality and name; the chariot simile
  2. Mil 3.1.23.1.2. The riddle of seniority
  3. Mil 3.1.33.1.3. (Interlude) How kings and scholars respectively discuss
  4. Mil 3.1.43.1.4. No soul in the breath
  5. Mil 3.1.53.1.5. Aim of Buddhist renunciation
  6. Mil 3.1.63.1.6. Re-incarnation
  7. Mil 3.1.73.1.7. Wisdom and reasoning distinguished
  8. Mil 3.1.83.1.8. Wisdom and reasoning distinguished (cont.)
  9. Mil 3.1.93.1.9. Virtue’s the base
  10. Mil 3.1.103.1.10. Faith
  11. Mil 3.1.113.1.11. Aspiration
  12. Mil 3.1.123.1.12. Perseverance
  13. Mil 3.1.133.1.13. Mindfulness
  14. Mil 3.1.143.1.14. Meditation
  15. Mil 3.1.153.1.15. Wisdom
  16. Mil 3.1.163.1.16. Different results
  17. Mil 3.2.13.2.1. Continued identity and re-individualisation
  18. Mil 3.2.23.2.2. Rebirth and awareness
  19. Mil 3.2.33.2.3. Wisdom and intelligence distinguished
  20. Mil 3.2.43.2.4. Feelings of one who is not to be reborn
  21. Mil 3.2.53.2.5. Is pleasure good?
  22. Mil 3.2.63.2.6. What is reborn?
  23. Mil 3.2.73.2.7. Will you be reborn?
  24. Mil 3.2.83.2.8. Name and form
  25. Mil 3.2.93.2.9. Time
  26. Mil 3.3.13.3.1. The root of time
  27. Mil 3.3.23.3.2. The beginning of time
  28. Mil 3.3.33.3.3. The beginning point
  29. Mil 3.3.43.3.4. Conditions
  30. Mil 3.3.53.3.5. Origin and development of qualities
  31. Mil 3.3.63.3.6. Is there a One who Knows?
  32. Mil 3.3.73.3.7. Thought and sight
  33. Mil 3.3.83.3.8. Contact, sensation, and idea
  34. Mil 3.3.93.3.9. Sensation
  35. Mil 3.3.103.3.10. Idea
  36. Mil 3.3.113.3.11. Purpose
  37. Mil 3.3.123.3.12. Perception
  38. Mil 3.3.133.3.13. Reflection
  39. Mil 3.3.143.3.14. Investigation
  40. Mil 3.4.13.4.1. Unblending
  41. Mil 3.4.23.4.2. Salt
  42. Mil 3.4.33.4.3. Five senses
  43. Mil 3.4.43.4.4. Rich and poor
  44. Mil 3.4.53.4.5. Renunciation again
  45. Mil 3.4.63.4.6. Nibbāna and karma
  46. Mil 3.4.73.4.7. The world rests on water
  47. Mil 3.4.83.4.8. Nibbāna is cessation
  48. Mil 3.4.93.4.9. Not all receive Nibbāna
  49. Mil 3.4.103.4.10. One not receiving Nibbāna knows it is happy
  50. Mil 3.5.13.5.1. Seeing the Buddha
  51. Mil 3.5.23.5.2. The Buddha is pre-eminent
  52. Mil 3.5.33.5.3. Knowing the Buddha’s incomparability
  53. Mil 3.5.43.5.4. Have you seen the truth?
  54. Mil 3.5.53.5.5. Rebirth and transmigration
  55. Mil 3.5.63.5.6. Is there a soul?
  56. Mil 3.5.73.5.7. Does a being transmigrate?
  57. Mil 3.5.83.5.8. Karma and not-self
  58. Mil 3.5.93.5.9. Knowing rebirth
  59. Mil 3.5.103.5.10. Is the Buddha real?
  60. Mil 3.6.13.6.1. Is the body dear?
  61. Mil 3.6.23.6.2. Did the Buddha see the future?
  62. Mil 3.6.33.6.3. The marks of a great man
  63. Mil 3.6.43.6.4. Pure conduct
  64. Mil 3.6.53.6.5. Ordination
  65. Mil 3.6.63.6.6. Tears
  66. Mil 3.6.73.6.7. Passion
  67. Mil 3.6.83.6.8. Where is wisdom?
  68. Mil 3.6.93.6.9. Transmigration
  69. Mil 3.6.103.6.10. Memory
  70. Mil 3.6.113.6.11. Is memory prompted?
  71. Mil 3.7.13.7.1. Causes of memory
  72. Mil 3.7.23.7.2. The time of death
  73. Mil 3.7.33.7.3. Past sorrows
  74. Mil 3.7.43.7.4. How far to heaven?
  75. Mil 3.7.53.7.5. How fast is rebirth?
  76. Mil 3.7.63.7.6. Kinds of wisdom
  77. Mil 3.7.73.7.7. Is merit or demerit greater?
  78. Mil 3.7.83.7.8. Intentional wrong doing
  79. Mil 3.7.93.7.9. Travelling
  80. Mil 3.7.103.7.10. Long bones
  81. Mil 3.7.113.7.11. Cessation of breathing
  82. Mil 3.7.123.7.12. Ocean
  83. Mil 3.7.133.7.13. The taste of salt
  84. Mil 3.7.143.7.14. Dividing
  85. Mil 3.7.153.7.15. Perception, reason, and the soul
  86. Mil 3.7.163.7.16. A hard thing
  87. Mil 3.83.8. What is the time?
Chapter 46 texts
  1. Mil 4.14.1. Eight places to avoid when discussing
  2. Mil 4.24.2. Kinds of people who spoil discussions
  3. Mil 4.34.3. Kinds of people who spill secrets
  4. Mil 4.44.4. Ripening insight
  5. Mil 4.54.5. Qualities of a teacher
  6. Mil 4.64.6. Qualities of a lay disciple
Chapter 551 texts
  1. Mil 5.1.15.1.1. On Honours Paid To the Buddha
  2. Mil 5.1.25.1.2. The Omniscience Of the Buddha
  3. Mil 5.1.35.1.3. Why Devadatta Was Admitted To the Order
  4. Mil 5.1.45.1.4. Vessantara’s Earthquake
  5. Mil 5.1.55.1.5. King Sivi
  6. Mil 5.1.65.1.6. The Dilemma As To Conception
  7. Mil 5.1.75.1.7. The Duration Of the Faith
  8. Mil 5.1.85.1.8. The Buddha’s Sinlessness
  9. Mil 5.1.95.1.9. On the Advantages Of Meditation
  10. Mil 5.1.105.1.10. The Limit Of Three Months
  11. Mil 5.2.15.2.1. The Abolition Of Regulations
  12. Mil 5.2.25.2.2. Esoteric Teaching
  13. Mil 5.2.35.2.3. Death
  14. Mil 5.2.45.2.4. Pirit
  15. Mil 5.2.55.2.5. Māra, the Evil One
  16. Mil 5.2.65.2.6. Unconscious Crime
  17. Mil 5.2.75.2.7. The Buddha And His Followers
  18. Mil 5.2.85.2.8. Schism
  19. Mil 5.3.15.3.1. Precedence Of the Dharma
  20. Mil 5.3.25.3.2. The Harm Of Preaching
  21. Mil 5.3.35.3.3. The Secrets Of A Tathāgata
  22. Mil 5.3.45.3.4. The Foolish Fellow
  23. Mil 5.3.55.3.5. The Tree Talking
  24. Mil 5.3.65.3.6. The Buddha’s Last Illness
  25. Mil 5.3.75.3.7. Adoration Of Relics
  26. Mil 5.3.85.3.8. The Splinter Of Rock
  27. Mil 5.3.95.3.9. The Samaṇa
  28. Mil 5.3.105.3.10. The Buddha’s Exultation
  29. Mil 5.3.115.3.11. Kindness And Punishment
  30. Mil 5.3.125.3.12. The Dismissal Of the Elders
  31. Mil 5.4.15.4.1. The Murder Of Moggallāna
  32. Mil 5.4.25.4.2. On Secret Doctrine
  33. Mil 5.4.35.4.3. The Two Kinds Of Falsehood
  34. Mil 5.4.45.4.4. The Bodisat’s Consideration
  35. Mil 5.4.55.4.5. On Suicide
  36. Mil 5.4.65.4.6. A Loving Disposition
  37. Mil 5.4.75.4.7. Devadatta
  38. Mil 5.4.85.4.8. Women’s Wiles
  39. Mil 5.4.95.4.9. On the Fearlessness Of the Arahats
  40. Mil 5.4.105.4.10. On Causing the Omniscient One To Change His Mind
  41. Mil 5.5.15.5.1. Dilemma the Forty-First. On Dwelling-Places
  42. Mil 5.5.25.5.2. Dilemma the Forty-Second. Moderation In Food
  43. Mil 5.5.35.5.3. Dilemma the Forty-Third. Bakkula’s Superiority To the Buddha
  44. Mil 5.5.45.5.4. Dilemma the Forty-Fourth. The Originality Of the Buddha’s Teaching
  45. Mil 5.5.55.5.5. Dilemma the Forty-Fifth. The Buddha’s Kindness
  46. Mil 5.5.65.5.6. Dilemma the Forty-Sixth. The Mocking Of the Buddha
  47. Mil 5.5.75.5.7. Dilemma the Forty-Seventh. The Helplessness Of A Buddha
  48. Mil 5.5.85.5.8. Dilemma the Forty-Eighth. Why Gotama Claimed To Be A Brahman
  49. Mil 5.5.95.5.9. Dilemma the Forty-Ninth. Gifts To the Buddha
  50. Mil 5.5.105.5.10. Dilemma the Fiftieth. On the Buddha’s After-Doubt
  51. Mil 5.5.115.5.11. Dilemma the Fifty-First. Contradictory Statements As To the Buddha’s Teacher
Chapter 633 texts
  1. Mil 6.1.16.1.1. Dilemma the Fifty-Second. Why Must There Be Only One Buddha At A Time?
  2. Mil 6.1.26.1.2. Dilemma the Fifty-Third. Why Should Gifts Be Given To the Order Rather Than To the Buddha?
  3. Mil 6.1.36.1.3. Dilemma the Fifty-Fourth. Is It More Advantageous To Be A Layman, Or To Enter the Order?
  4. Mil 6.1.46.1.4. Dilemma the Fifty-Fifth. Asceticism
  5. Mil 6.1.56.1.5. Dilemma the Fifty-Sixth. The Backsliders
  6. Mil 6.1.66.1.6. Dilemma the Fifty-Seventh. Why Have Arahats No Power Over Their Bodies?
  7. Mil 6.1.76.1.7. Dilemma the Fifty-Eighth. The Layman’s Sin
  8. Mil 6.1.86.1.8. Dilemma the Fifty-Ninth. The Guilty Recluse
  9. Mil 6.1.96.1.9. Dilemma the Sixtieth. The Soul In Water
  10. Mil 6.2.16.2.1. Dilemma the Sixty-First. The Obstacles
  11. Mil 6.2.26.2.2. Dilemma the Sixty-Second. The Lay Arahat
  12. Mil 6.2.36.2.3. Dilemma the Sixty-Third. The Faults Of the Arahat
  13. Mil 6.2.46.2.4. Dilemma the Sixty-Fourth. What Is, But Not In the World
  14. Mil 6.2.56.2.5. Dilemma the Sixty-Fifth. Things Without A Cause
  15. Mil 6.2.66.2.6. Dilemma the Sixty-Sixth. Modes Of Production
  16. Mil 6.2.76.2.7. Dilemma the Sixty-Seventh. Dead Demons
  17. Mil 6.2.86.2.8. Dilemma the Sixty-Eighth. The Method Of Promulgating the Rules
  18. Mil 6.2.96.2.9. Dilemma the Sixty-Ninth. The Heat Of the Sun
  19. Mil 6.2.106.2.10. Dilemma the Seventieth. The Seasons
  20. Mil 6.3.16.3.1. Dilemma the Seventy-First. Vessantara’s Giving
  21. Mil 6.3.26.3.2. Dilemma the Seventy-Second. Penance
  22. Mil 6.3.36.3.3. Dilemma the Seventy-Third. Virtue Stronger Than Vice
  23. Mil 6.3.46.3.4. Dilemma the Seventy-Fourth. Offerings To the Dead
  24. Mil 6.3.56.3.5. Dilemma the Seventy-Fifth. Dreams
  25. Mil 6.3.66.3.6. Dilemma the Seventy-Sixth. Premature Death
  26. Mil 6.3.76.3.7. Dilemma the Seventy-Seventh. Wonders At the Grave
  27. Mil 6.3.86.3.8. Dilemma the Seventy-Eighth. Conversion And Conduct
  28. Mil 6.3.96.3.9. Dilemma the Seventy-Ninth. The Pain Of Nirvāṇa
  29. Mil 6.3.106.3.10. Dilemma the Eightieth. The Outward Form Of Nirvāṇa
  30. Mil 6.3.116.3.11. Dilemma the Eighty-First. The Time Of Nirvana
  31. Mil 6.3.126.3.12. Dilemma the Eighty-Second. The Place Of Nirvana
  32. Mil 6.4.16.4.1. The Problem of Inference
  33. Mil 6.4.26.4.2. The Voluntary Extra Vows
Chapter 768 texts
  1. Mil 7.17.1. The Similes
  2. Mil 7.2.17.2.1. The Ass
  3. Mil 7.2.27.2.2. The Cock
  4. Mil 7.2.37.2.3. The Squirrel
  5. Mil 7.2.47.2.4. The Panther (Female)
  6. Mil 7.2.57.2.5. The Panther (Male)
  7. Mil 7.2.67.2.6. The Tortoise
  8. Mil 7.2.77.2.7. The Bamboo
  9. Mil 7.2.87.2.8. The Bow
  10. Mil 7.2.97.2.9. The Crow
  11. Mil 7.2.107.2.10. The Monkey
  12. Mil 7.3.17.3.1. The Gourd
  13. Mil 7.3.27.3.2. The Lotus
  14. Mil 7.3.37.3.3. The Seed
  15. Mil 7.3.47.3.4. The Sal-Tree
  16. Mil 7.3.57.3.5. The Ship
  17. Mil 7.3.67.3.6. The Anchor
  18. Mil 7.3.77.3.7. The Mast
  19. Mil 7.3.87.3.8. The Pilot
  20. Mil 7.3.97.3.9. The Sailor
  21. Mil 7.3.107.3.10. The Sea
  22. Mil 7.4.17.4.1. The Earth
  23. Mil 7.4.27.4.2. Water
  24. Mil 7.4.37.4.3. Fire
  25. Mil 7.4.47.4.4. Wind
  26. Mil 7.4.57.4.5. The Rock
  27. Mil 7.4.67.4.6. Space
  28. Mil 7.4.77.4.7. The Moon
  29. Mil 7.4.87.4.8. The Sun
  30. Mil 7.4.97.4.9. Sakka
  31. Mil 7.4.107.4.10. The Sovran Overlord
  32. Mil 7.5.17.5.1. The White Ant
  33. Mil 7.5.27.5.2. The Cat
  34. Mil 7.5.37.5.3. The Rat
  35. Mil 7.5.47.5.4. The Scorpion
  36. Mil 7.5.57.5.5. The Mungoose
  37. Mil 7.5.67.5.6. The Old Male Jackal
  38. Mil 7.5.77.5.7. The Deer
  39. Mil 7.5.87.5.8. The Bull
  40. Mil 7.5.97.5.9. The Boar
  41. Mil 7.5.107.5.10. The Elephant
  42. Mil 7.6.17.6.1. The Lion
  43. Mil 7.6.27.6.2. The Cakravāka Bird
  44. Mil 7.6.37.6.3. The Peṇāhikā Bird
  45. Mil 7.6.47.6.4. The House-Pigeon
  46. Mil 7.6.57.6.5. The Owl
  47. Mil 7.6.67.6.6. The Indian Crane
  48. Mil 7.6.77.6.7. The Bat
  49. Mil 7.6.87.6.8. The Leech
  50. Mil 7.6.97.6.9. The Serpent
  51. Mil 7.6.107.6.10. The Rock-Snake
  52. Mil 7.7.17.7.1. The Road Spider
  53. Mil 7.7.27.7.2. The Child At the Breast
  54. Mil 7.7.37.7.3. The Land Tortoise
  55. Mil 7.7.47.7.4. The Mountain Height
  56. Mil 7.7.57.7.5. The Tree
  57. Mil 7.7.67.7.6. The Rain
  58. Mil 7.7.77.7.7. The Diamond
  59. Mil 7.7.87.7.8. The Hunter
  60. Mil 7.7.97.7.9. The Fisherman
  61. Mil 7.7.107.7.10. The Carpenter
  62. Mil 7.8.17.8.1. The Waterpot
  63. Mil 7.8.27.8.2. Black Iron
  64. Mil 7.8.37.8.3. The Sunshade
  65. Mil 7.8.47.8.4. The Rice Field
  66. Mil 7.8.57.8.5. Medicine
  67. Mil 7.8.67.8.6. Food
  68. Mil 7.8.77.8.7. The Archer